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South Eastern Africa Team Stakeholder Meeting
AgMIP’s South Eastern Africa Team, CLIP (Crop Livestock Intensification Project) met with stakeholders May 5-6th at ICRISAT-Bulawayo, in Zimbabwe. The workshop, “What do we need to know about climate change, impact and ...
Rethinking poverty eradication and food security through agriculture in Africa
Rethinking poverty eradication and food security through agriculture in Africa
Development and implementation of a pilot village-based goat improvement scheme
Community based goat breed improvement was established to improve the productivity performance of goat through selective breeding and to demonstrate community based utilization and conservation of local breed. The community ...
Promoting utilization of alternative available feed to substitute commercial diets in smallholder beef production systems in the sub humid region in Zimbabwe
The objectives of this study are a) to demonstrate that forage legumes,
crop residues and poultry litter can be
used as supplementary feed in beef
cattle production;
b) to determine the economic impact of
beef feeding using ...
Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Project_Quarterly Report_ October – December 2019
The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Quarterly Project Performance Reporting
for the period from October – December 2019.
The agronomy and use of Lablab purpureus in smallholder farming systems of southern Africa
Lablab purpureus, commonly known as lablab bean, is a twining
legume native to tropical and sub-tropical areas of Africa. It is
a deep-rooted, drought tolerant, summer-growing annual to
short-lived perennial. In southern ...
Genetic trends in growth and reproductive Performance of indigenous sheep breeds managed under community-based breeding programs in the highlands of Ethiopia
This paper reports the biological performance of the sheep from three sheep community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) namely, Bonga, Horro and Menz from Ethiopia with the following objectives: i) Evaluate the growth and ...
Faba bean Yield Gaps, Varietal Adoption and Seed Use in Ethiopia
Grain legumes play a crucial role in Ethiopian
agriculture, with a 12.4 % share of the total
land cultivated and 9.88% of the total grain
production. Faba bean is the most important
pulse crop, ranking first among all pulse ...
Projecting the future: What will climate change mean to farmers in Zimbabwe?
While adaptation to climate change brings benefits in terms of reducing vulnerability, it does not always translate into substantial monetary gains. Key messages such as this were shared at a workshop organized as part of ...
Showcasing integrated livestock technologies for improved sheep production in Doyogena, Ethiopia
Feeds and nutrition, community based sheep breeding and reproduction technology were key themes on the agenda of the November 17, 2016 field day in Doyogena, South Nations, Nationalities and Peoples region (SNNPR) of ...